The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

A few observations on the Bruins’ 3-2 loss to the Red Wings on Monday.

- The power play went 0 for 5 and dropped to 2 for 19 (10.5 percent) on the season.

The first unit (the one with Zdeno Chara in front) is ahead of the second right now. That unit can at least establish possession and generate looks. The problem has been getting the puck on net. Torey Krug does that well; Jarome Iginla has not.

The second unit (Patrice Bergeron’s) is having trouble getting settled. Dennis Seidenberg has slotted into Dougie Hamilton’s spot the last two games. Getting Hamilton back in the lineup might help, but plenty of work needs to be done.

- Staying with the power play, noteworthy that Krug was not on the ice for the 5-on-3 that lasted 1:54 in the third period. Chara went back to the point with David Krejci, and Bergeron was in the crease trying to screen Jonas Gustavsson.

Krug’s low, accurate shot and passing has been exceptional on the power play. But Julien stuck with the 5-on-3 units he's used in practice. At the risk of stating the obvious, Bergeron couldn't screen Gustavsson as well as Chara could.

"It’s a 5-on-3 that we’ve practiced that’s worked well when we’ve put them together," Julien said. "And sometimes guys 5-on-3, you have guys that work together and have different plays."

Krug didn’t take the bait when asked if he was surprised to watch the 5-on-3 from the bench.

"We got out there when we’re told to go out there," he said. "The coaching staff made that decision. We had a few good chances and unfortunately we just didn't score."

The Bruins got eight attempted shots, but couldn’t score. It’ll be interesting to see how this unit evolves next time it’s called on.

- Reilly Smith got caught puck-watching Pavel Datsyuk (if there’s a guy to puck-watch, it’s him). It resulted in Smith failing to backcheck Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit’s first goal. The Bruins like Smith and will get on him to stay focused.

The first month of Smith's tenure here is really just a breaking-in period, but after five games, an evaluation — he needs to be a little more selfish and assertive. Too much passing and not enough shooting.

- One of the fun things about a Wings-Bruins game is the difference in styles. The Wings don’t want to fight, the Bruins play better when they do. Adam McQuaid had words with Daniel Alfredsson after Alfie boarded the D, but it went nowhere expect Alfredsson going to the box. … Jordan Caron has received the message of playing in front of the net. He’s turned the crease into his rumpus room. … The Bruins won’t have many nice things to say about Justin Abdelkader on the team flight. He jumped into Brad Marchand in their first meeting, and Monday collided with Tuukka Rask. Neither was that dirty and the ex-Michigan State Spartan was actually pushed slightly into Rask, but players remember those things.